Toronto, ON
Barrick Gold Headquarters
Territory of the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee,
the Huron-Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
Industrial gold mining operates increasingly through technologies
high above the land mined, such as satellite imaging, automated
machinery, and the airplanes that transport workers to and from
mine sites, or the gold itself
Barrick Gold operations (gold and silver mines)
Barrick Gold luxury flights: frequent routes
Elko Nevada
This flight frequently
transports workers to and
from the Barrick Goldstrike
mine
Cortez Mine, Nevada
Western Shoshone fought Barrick’s expansion into
sacred lands, with a coordinated community organizing
and legal strategy. The Western Shoshone Defense
Project led the charge, asserting their rights within
the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley.
Palm Beach, Florida
Weekly flights on company jet
(Barrick executive has one of several
homes in Palm Beach)
Farnborough Airport, UK
This General Aviation airport
caters to private aviation in Greater
London
(a Barrick executive has one of
several homes in London)
Barrick Gold owns at least five
aircraft: three Gulfstream IV luxury
private jets, one Beech-craft
1900 private jet, and one
DHC-6 Twin Otter 400 Jet
The company’s flights have
emitted over 1,200 metric
tons of CO2 in 2019
In this contour map of Toronto, the section in blue represents
an area of four square kilometres.
This area represents the minimum extent of Arctic sea ice melted
through the carbon emissions produced by Barrick’s flights in 2019